Chapter 13 of 1492 is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of 1492 is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE Admiral set a watch and commanded all beside to sleep. To-morrow might be work and wakefulness enough! The ship grew silent. With the _Pinta_ and the Nina it lay under the moon, and all around was silver water. He did not sleep this night, I am sure.
Chapter 13 of 1492 is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral
From this reading “THE Admiral set a watch and commanded all beside to sleep.”
past form of “command” — be in command of
From this reading “THE Admiral set a watch and commanded all beside to sleep.”
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading “The ship grew silent.”
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading “With the _Pinta_ and the Nina it lay under the moon, and all around was silver water.”
the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea
From this reading “With the _Pinta_ and the Nina it lay under the moon, and all around was silver water.”
transport commercially
From this reading “The ship grew silent.”
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading “With the _Pinta_ and the Nina it lay under the moon, and all around was silver water.”
look attentively
From this reading “THE Admiral set a watch and commanded all beside to sleep.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE Admiral set a watch and commanded all beside to sleep.
the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral
From this reading THE Admiral set a watch and commanded all beside to sleep.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading THE Admiral set a watch and commanded all beside to sleep.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading He did not sleep this night, I am sure.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE Admiral set a watch and commanded all beside to sleep.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading With the _Pinta_ and the Nina it lay under the moon, and all around was silver water.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To-morrow might be work and wakefulness enough!
next to; at the side of
From this reading THE Admiral set a watch and commanded all beside to sleep.
past form of “command” — be in command of
From this reading THE Admiral set a watch and commanded all beside to sleep.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He did not sleep this night, I am sure.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading To-morrow might be work and wakefulness enough!
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading The ship grew silent.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He did not sleep this night, I am sure.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading He did not sleep this night, I am sure.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading With the _Pinta_ and the Nina it lay under the moon, and all around was silver water.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading With the _Pinta_ and the Nina it lay under the moon, and all around was silver water.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading To-morrow might be work and wakefulness enough!
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading With the _Pinta_ and the Nina it lay under the moon, and all around was silver water.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading He did not sleep this night, I am sure.
the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea
From this reading With the _Pinta_ and the Nina it lay under the moon, and all around was silver water.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He did not sleep this night, I am sure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With the _Pinta_ and the Nina it lay under the moon, and all around was silver water.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading THE Admiral set a watch and commanded all beside to sleep.
transport commercially
From this reading The ship grew silent.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading The ship grew silent.
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading With the _Pinta_ and the Nina it lay under the moon, and all around was silver water.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading THE Admiral set a watch and commanded all beside to sleep.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading He did not sleep this night, I am sure.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE Admiral set a watch and commanded all beside to sleep.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He did not sleep this night, I am sure.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE Admiral set a watch and commanded all beside to sleep.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To-morrow might be work and wakefulness enough!
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading With the _Pinta_ and the Nina it lay under the moon, and all around was silver water.
a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world
From this reading To-morrow might be work and wakefulness enough!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading With the _Pinta_ and the Nina it lay under the moon, and all around was silver water.
look attentively
From this reading THE Admiral set a watch and commanded all beside to sleep.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading With the _Pinta_ and the Nina it lay under the moon, and all around was silver water.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With the _Pinta_ and the Nina it lay under the moon, and all around was silver water.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading To-morrow might be work and wakefulness enough!
Chapter 13 of 1492 by Mary Johnston holds 245 sentences, grouped into 49 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 13 holds 245 sentences of 1492, unabridged, divided into 49 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of 1492 by Mary Johnston exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 245 sentences, grouped into 49 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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